743 CDUS43 KLOT 050638 CLIDPA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 137 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012 ................................... ...THE WEST CHICAGO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 4 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1998 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 59 1242 PM 76 56 3 MM MINIMUM 43 1126 PM 24 34 9 MM AVERAGE 51 45 6 MM PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.81 0.08 -0.08 MM MONTH TO DATE 0.11 0.34 -0.23 MM SINCE JAN 1 4.36 5.43 -1.07 MM SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 14 20 -6 MM MONTH TO DATE 41 82 -41 MM COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 MM MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 MM SINCE JAN 1 29 0 29 MM .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 14 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. .......................................................... THE WEST CHICAGO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 76 2005 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 21 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 5 2012.........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 724 PM CDT APRIL 6 2012.........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 725 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$